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Afterbreak

Materials sliding inwards or moving concavely inside of a break

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Aerial magnetometer

An instrument aboard, or attached to, an airplane used to detect the strength of a magnetic field

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Aegirine

A sodium-ferric monoclinic iron silicate, NaFe3+Si2O6, which occurs in soda-rich igneous rock

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Adit

A horizontal opening driven into a hill or mountain for providing access to minerals

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Amygdule

A cavity or vesicle formed by the presence of trapped gas, in igneous rock, that is filled with such secondary minerals as calcite, quartz, chalcedony, or zeolites

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Alloy

Two or more metals together in a compound